1958 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 14 – October 15, 1958 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
TV partner(s) | NBC, CBS |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Jackie Jensen (BOS) NL: Ernie Banks (CHC) |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Chicago White Sox |
NL champions | Milwaukee Braves |
NL runners-up | Pittsburgh Pirates |
World Series | |
Champions | New York Yankees |
Runners-up | Milwaukee Braves |
World Series MVP | Bob Turley (NY) |
The 1958 Major League Baseball season was played from April 14 to October 15, 1958. It was the first season of play in California for both the Los Angeles Dodgers (formerly of Brooklyn) and the San Francisco Giants (formerly of New York City); in turn, this marked the first teams to ever play on the West Coast. Three teams had relocated earlier in the decade: the Milwaukee Braves, Baltimore Orioles, and Kansas City Athletics. New York went without a National League team for four seasons, until the expansion New York Mets began play in 1962.